CULTURETECHLENSMayonnaise cake
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Combined Graph record U-01111 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-0711. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Two independent sources converge on the dish: NPR's cake history establishes mayonnaise cake as a cake made 'using mayo instead of eggs and oil,' and Our State magazine's 'Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake' (a recipe the magazine first printed May 9, 1953) specifies '1 cup mayonnaise' and '4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa' — matching stored key_ingredients (mayonnaise, chocolate).
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Two independent sources converge on the dish: NPR's cake history establishes mayonnaise cake as a cake made 'using mayo instead of eggs and oil,' and Our State magazine's 'Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake' (a recipe the magazine first printed May 9, 1953) specifies '1 cup mayonnaise' and '4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa' — matching stored key_ingredients (mayonnaise, chocolate).
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- Work type: dish
- Category: desserts
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- https://www.wrur.org/npr-news/2016-11-07/make-america-bake-again-a-history-of-cake-in-the-u-s (verification source · master store)
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Two independent sources converge on the dish: NPR's cake history establishes mayonnaise cake as a cake made 'using mayo instead of eggs and oil,' and Our State magazine's 'Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake' (a recipe the magazine first printed May 9, 1953) specifies '1 cup mayonnaise' and '4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa' — matching stored key_ingredients (mayonnaise, chocolate).
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